[I:http://www.infraredsaunasreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/AlCase9.jpg]I know, kickboxing karate isn\’t an art, but it is a translation. When you translate from karate to kickboxing, or from kickboxing to karate, you can win every single fight you are in by knowing the three things I am going to tell you here. We are dealing only with the hands, mind you, so you have to control your distance to make sure that you stay at punching distance.

If you are going to try to use this information with the feet we would have to set up an art called karate tae kwon do…grin. Or, if you were going to use it with fancy trapping manuevers we might call it shaolin kickboxing. Call it anything you want, the techniques will work, but you might have to make some changes.

Before we get started I should tell you about the set up for the three techniques. The set up is to have the hands extended, palms facing outward, elbows about 135 degrees, so that the hands are in front of the shoulders. This, incidentally, is a universal peace sign, an \’I don\’t want to fight,\’ which is a good thing because it is better to avoid a fight in the first place.

The basic concept here is that two objects can\’t be in the same place in space. Go on, shove one table through another table. You\’ll just end up with fire wood.

First Technique, he is going to have to go around you, and you can do a hard block and punch. This isn\’t even a counter, this is done at the same time with a slight body shift/sidestep. You will have immediately grabbed the initiative and can follow up with an inside attack.

Second technique, he is going to try shifting to the front and jabbing, and you can just pass him and pound on his body. With these two techniques he is trying to go around you, and this will set him up by shutting his weapons down, or opening his targets up. A little practice and you will be able to tell which way he is going.

Third technique, and this is the one we want to open up, is when he tries to go between your fists. He can be stopped easily, if you wish, but the potential for trapping him, simply by bringing your hands together, is large. You catch his elbow and his wrist and create an arm bar, and when he tries to back out, or otherwise get away, you elbow roll him, and you can work elbow strikes and secondary techniques, all while keeping him trapped and unable to defend himself.

This freestyle technique can further be enhanced by shifting the body or changing the distance between the hands, thus encouraging your attacker to do exactly what you want. In other words, you will make him totally predictable, and nobody is easier to beat than a fighter who is totally and utterly predictable. So, there you go, that is how you actually matrix the initial entry into a fight, and when you win that fight just tell everybody you were doing kickboxing karate…heh.

You can get more kumite concepts that work, and find out about Matrix Martial Arts at Monster Martial Arts. Pick up a free ebook about Matrixing while you\’re there. 3

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